Name: Serpulina murdochii Stanton et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mur.do’chi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. murdochii, of Murdoch, in recognition of work conducted at Murdoch University in Western Australia, where the type strain was identified

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 56-150; ATCC 51284; CIP 105832; DSM 12563

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Valid publication: Stanton TB, Fournie-Amazouz E, Postic D, Trott DJ, Grimont PA, Baranton G, Hampson DJ, Saint Girons I. Recognition of two new species of intestinal spirochetes: Serpulina intermedia sp. nov. and Serpulina murdochii sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1007-1012.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Brachyspira murdochii (Stanton et al. 1997) Hampson and La 2006

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Brachyspira murdochii (Stanton et al. 1997) Hampson and La 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Serpulina murdochii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Serpulina.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 ATCC accession number of the type strain must read 51284 not 51254. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.
  • 🧍 In January 1998, the unification of the genera Serpulina and Brachyspira, and the transfer of Serpulina hyodysenteriae (the type species of the genus Serpulina) in the genus Brachyspira as Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, have been validly published [1]. — 🧍 The ATCC accession number of the type strain must be read 51284 not 51254 as cited in the paper by Stanton et al. 1997. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 64. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:327-328.
  • 🧍 In January 1998, the unification of the genera Serpulina and Brachyspira, and the transfer of Serpulina hyodysenteriae (the type species of the genus Serpulina) in the genus Brachyspira as Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, have been validly published [1]. These changes have been proposed by Ochiai et al. in a paper accepted March 27, 1997 [2]. The name Serpulina murdochii has been validly published in the October 1997 issue of the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology [3] and, of course, this name was not included in the study by Ochiai et al. The formal reclassification of Serpulina intermedia in the genus Brachyspira Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983 was proposed by Hampson and La 2006 [4]. Publication: Ochiai S, Adachi Y, Mori K. Unification of the genera Serpulina and Brachyspira, and proposals of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae Comb. Nov., Brachyspira innocens Comb. Nov. and Brachyspira pilosicoli Comb. Nov. Microbiol Immunol 1997; 41:445-452.
  • 🧍 The formal reclassification of Serpulina intermedia in the genus Brachyspira Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983 was proposed by Hampson and La 2006 [4]. Publication: Hampson DJ, La T. Reclassification of Serpulina intermedia and Serpulina murdochii in the genus Brachyspira as Brachyspira intermedia comb. nov. and Brachyspira murdochii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1009-1012.
  • 🧍 The name Serpulina murdochii has been validly published in the October 1997 issue of the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology [3] and, of course, this name was not included in the study by Ochiai et al. Publication: Stanton TB, Fournie-Amazouz E, Postic D, Trott DJ, Grimont PA, Baranton G, Hampson DJ, Saint Girons I. Recognition of two new species of intestinal spirochetes: Serpulina intermedia sp. nov. and Serpulina murdochii sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1007-1012.

Parent taxon: Serpulina Stanton 1992

Assigned by: Stanton TB, Fournie-Amazouz E, Postic D, Trott DJ, Grimont PA, Baranton G, Hampson DJ, Saint Girons I. Recognition of two new species of intestinal spirochetes: Serpulina intermedia sp. nov. and Serpulina murdochii sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1007-1012.

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